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1.

Who proposed that learning is a process of perceptual organization andreorganization of one’s life space?

A. William James
B. Kurt Lewin
C. Kohler
D. Frued
Answer» C. Kohler
2.

The type of extra sensory perception in which the individual has the ability toacquire information by means other than known by human senses.

A. Clairaudience
B. Clairvoyance
C. Claircognizance
D. Clairalience
Answer» C. Claircognizance
3.

Who proposed the ‘curve of forgetting’?

A. Ebbinghaus
B. Tolman
C. Bruner
D. Piaget
Answer» B. Tolman
4.

Which among the following is NOT included in Gestalt Laws of Learning?

A. Law of readiness
B. Law of similarity
C. Law of closure
D. Law of continuity
Answer» B. Law of similarity
5.

The goal of studying psychology is to

A. Understand human mind and behaviour
B. Analyse human behaviour
C. Control behaviour
D. All the above
Answer» E.
6.

The process of cognitive development in which the learner incorporates newinformation in to the already existing cognitive structure.

A. Accommodation
B. Equilibration
C. Assimilation
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
7.

Classical conditioning was propounded by................

A. Skinner
B. Pavlov
C. Bruner
D. Vygotsky
Answer» C. Bruner
8.

The movement of psychology that deals with the study of human behaviour interms of environmental stimuli and observational responses.

A. Functionalism
B. Behaviourism
C. Structuralism
D. Psychoanalysis
Answer» C. Structuralism
9.

The gland causes drowsiness and sluggish metabolism when its hormone is underactive.

A. Pineal
B. Pancreas
C. Pituitary
D. Thyroid
Answer» E.
10.

The system that forms the communication network and coordinate the functions ofall other systems in a human body.

A. Limbic system
B. Endocrine system
C. Nervous system
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
11.

The psychologist who held the belief that human behaviours are motivated byunconscious instincts and urges.

A. Piaget
B. Frued
C. Bruner
D. Skinner
Answer» C. Bruner
12.

According to Vygotsky, the difference between actual development and potentialdevelopment is called...............

A. ZPD
B. Scaffolding
C. Shaping
D. Modelling
Answer» B. Scaffolding
13.

The proponent of Structuralism is ............

A. William Wundt
B. William James
C. J. B. Watson
D. Sigmund Frued
Answer» B. William James
14.

The memorising strategy that involve visual association between alreadymemorised places and new words to be memorised.

A. Chunking
B. Keyword
C. Rote learning
D. Loci
Answer» E.
15.

The method of inquiry in which one variable is manipulated to study its effect onanother variable is ............. research.

A. Correlational
B. Survey
C. Experimental
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
16.

Which among the following is NOT included in Bandura’s modelling?

A. Attention
B. Retention
C. Reproduction
D. Symbolism
Answer» E.
17.

The method in psychology in which large amount of data are generated from largenumber of respondents quickly and inexpensively.

A. Survey
B. Case study
C. Experimental
D. Sociometry
Answer» B. Case study
18.

The pioneer of Operant Conditioning Theory.

A. Pavlov
B. Bruner
C. Thorndike
D. Skinner
Answer» E.
19.

The memory that holds things that are learned without understanding its meaning.

A. Immediate
B. Rote
C. Associative
D. Permanent
Answer» C. Associative
20.

Who proposed the concept of ‘Latent learning’?

A. Skinner
B. Bruner
C. Tolman
D. Thorndike
Answer» D. Thorndike
21.

The type of attention in which an individual diverts attention towards a particularactivity deliberately.

A. Voluntary
B. Involuntary
C. Non-voluntary
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Involuntary
22.

The view of psychology that emphasises the study of mental processes.

A. Humanistic
B. Functionalist
C. Cognitive
D. Neo-behaviourist
Answer» D. Neo-behaviourist
23.

One object partially blocks or obscures the view of another object and the partiallyblocked object is perceived as being farther away: _______________

A. Relative size
B. Linear perspective
C. Overlap
D. Texture gradient
Answer» D. Texture gradient
24.

The cues used to judge the distance of objects that require the use of only one eye arecalled ______________.

A. Monocular cues
B. Binocular cues
C. Pictorial cues
D. Linear perspective
Answer» B. Binocular cues
25.

___________________ is an illusion of movement that results when two, separate,carefully timed flashing lights are perceived as one light moving back and forth.

A. Stroboscopic motion
B. Induced motion
C. Muller-Lyer
D. Figure-ground
Answer» B. Induced motion
26.

___________________ is based on the idea that sensory information can be detected by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.

A. Size constancy
B. Shape constancy
C. Perceptual constancy
D. Extrasensory perception
Answer» E.
27.

__________________ is the perception that the brightness of an object remains thesame even though the lighting conditions change.

A. Light constancy
B. Object constancy
C. Perceptual constancy
D. Brightness constancy
Answer» E.
28.

_________________ refers to the fact that when we view a scene, we automatically separate the elements of that scene into the feature that clearly stands out and its lessdistinct background.

A. Size constancy
B. Shape constancy
C. Perceptual constancy
D. Extrasensory perception
Answer» C. Perceptual constancy
29.

Stereograms use the binocular depth cue of _______________.

A. Depth perception
B. Texture gradient
C. Motion parallax
D. Binocular disparity
Answer» E.
30.

________________ is the perception of an object as maintaining the same sizedespite changing images on the retina.

A. Size constancy
B. Shape constancy
C. Perceptual constancy
D. Object constancy
Answer» B. Shape constancy
31.

_________________ is the tendency to perceive objects, especially familiar objects,as constant and unchanging despite changes in sensory.

A. Perceptual constancy
B. Perceptual set
C. Perceptual illusion
D. Extrasensory perception
Answer» B. Perceptual set
32.

____________ is the term for the investigation of claims of various paranormalphenomena.

A. Illusion
B. Extrasensory perception
C. Iridology
D. Parapsychology
Answer» E.
33.

________________ is the influence of prior assumptions and expectations onperceptual interpretations.

A. Perceptual constancy
B. Perceptual set
C. Perceptual illusion
D. Extrasensory perception
Answer» C. Perceptual illusion
34.

________________ is a binocular cue that relies on the degree to which muscles rotate the eyes to focus on an object; the less convergence, the farther away the objectappears to be.

A. Convergence
B. Texture gradient
C. Motion parallax
D. Binocular disparity
Answer» B. Texture gradient
35.

_________________ is the process of integrating, organizing, and interpretingsensory information in a way that is meaningful.

A. Sensation
B. Illusion
C. Perception
D. Accommodation
Answer» D. Accommodation
36.

________________ is the use of visual cues (either monocular or binocular) toperceive the distance or three-dimensional characteristics of objects.

A. Depth perception
B. Texture gradient
C. Motion parallax
D. Binocular disparity
Answer» B. Texture gradient
37.

___________________ is the distance or depth cues that require the use of both eyes.

A. Monocular cues
B. Binocular cues
C. Pictorial cues
D. Linear perspective
Answer» C. Pictorial cues
38.

_____________ is the binocular cue that relies on the fact that our eyes are set a couple of inches apart and thus a slightly different image of an object is cast on the retinaof each eye.

A. Depth perception
B. Texture gradient
C. Motion parallax
D. Binocular disparity
Answer» E.
39.

The German word ___________________ means a unified whole, and this perspective maintains that we perceive whole objects or figures rather than isolated bitsand pieces of information.

A. Pragnanz
B. Gradient
C. Gestalt
D. Iridology
Answer» D. Iridology
40.

_______________ is the technical name for the sense of location and position ofbody parts in relation to one another.

A. Olfaction
B. Kinesthetic sense
C. Vestibular sense
D. Gustation
Answer» C. Vestibular sense
41.

_________________ is the specialized sensory receptors for taste that are located onthe tongue and inside the mouth and the throat.

A. Taste buds
B. Free nerve endings
C. Pheromones
D. Olfactory bulb
Answer» B. Free nerve endings
42.

_______________ is the technical term for our sense of taste.

A. Olfaction
B. Kinesthetic sense
C. Vestibular sense
D. Gustation
Answer» E.
43.

________________ is the part of the ear where sound is transduced into neuralimpulses; consists of cochlea and semicircular canals.

A. Inner ear
B. Outer ear
C. Middle ear
D. Hair cells
Answer» B. Outer ear
44.

According to ________________ theory, the basilar membrane vibrates at the same frequency as the sound wave, thereby enabling low-frequency sound to be transmitted tothe brain.

A. Sound
B. Place
C. Frequency
D. Amplitude
Answer» D. Amplitude
45.

________________ is the physical stimuli that produce our sensory experience ofsound.

A. Frequency
B. Amplitude
C. Pitch
D. Sound waves
Answer» E.
46.

_______________ is the small, tightly stretched membrane that seperates the middleear from the inner ear.

A. Timbre
B. Ear canal
C. Oval window
D. Eardrum
Answer» D. Eardrum
47.

_________________ is the distinctive quality of a sound, determined by thecomplexity of sound waves.

A. Timbre
B. Ear canal
C. Pinna
D. Eardrum
Answer» B. Ear canal
48.

__________ is the thick nerve that exits from the back of the eye and carries visualinformation to the visual cortex in the brain.

A. Fovea
B. Optic nerve
C. Cornea
D. Pupil
Answer» C. Cornea
49.

___________________ is the long, thin, blunt sensory receptors that are highly sensitive to light but not color and are primarily responsible for peripheral vision andnight vision.

A. Cones
B. Rods
C. Hue
D. Fovea
Answer» C. Hue
50.

__________________ is the visual experience that occurs after the original source ofstimulation is no longer present.

A. Brightness
B. After image
C. Blind spot
D. Visual acuity
Answer» C. Blind spot